just some interesting things here. my info could be wrong, but according to sources on the net (including computerhistory.org and pbs), here's some interesting things:
the internet was first conceptualized at MIT in the late 50's, early 60's. most of the internet sources after that are US-based, however i'm sure if i dug harder, i can find something that isn't.
as far as the first "computer" goes, that dates back to around 3000 bc - the abacus. it does appear that a german scientist developed the first basic calculator.
it appears that the british built "colossus", the first computer built for artillery calculations, however it was researched and concieved at the Ballistics Research Laboratory in Maryland, and built/finished University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering, completed in 1945.
bell telephone developed the transistor in 1947, and we know what that leads to.
in 1952 a brit named Dummer concieved the integrated circuit, but his design fails. in 1959 Texas Instruments and Fairchild semiconductor deliver the first integrated circuit.
in 1964 IBM releases the 360, which quickly becomes the standard for mainframes in institutions.
by the mid 80's ibm makes $100 billion for the 360 and its descendents
just thought i'd throw out some interesting info
